User talk:Thelokk

BoaTD info
Hi, per this reminder, can you add release date info and Wikipedia links (using wp) for the soundtracks? --Xymph (talk) 17:41, 19 March 2023 (CDT)


 * Sure. Sort of new to this, sorry about that. --Thelokk
 * I understand. But one should not blindly add links (to anywhere) without verifying they are correct. In particular, disambiguation pages on Wikipedia should be avoided and the specific, relevant page must be used. Linking to a redirect (like Lands of Lore 2) is not really a problem, but all in all I still had to fix quite a few entries. Something to keep in mind for future edits. --Xymph (talk) 03:49, 20 March 2023 (CDT)


 * Thanks, I think I get the process workflow now. The single map pages will come in a bit - I'm still struggling with dmmpst's interface, will get to them as soon as I figure out how the utility works. Thelokk (talk) 04:06, 20 March 2023 (CDT)
 * Uhm, what "single map pages" are you referring to? For BoaTD? For WADs with more than 1 level, this is partly automated and creating any before I do would interrupt that process. --Xymph (talk) 04:24, 20 March 2023 (CDT)
 * I'll stay put then. The more you know... Thelokk (talk) 04:25, 20 March 2023 (CDT)

I'll take this opportunity to ask: is there any chance you could elaborate on the original description of BoaTD even just a little bit? Like what kind of gameplay it has that differentiates it from other projects, or what makes it comparable to WADs of similar gameplay calibration, or what visual themes it follows... You don't have to be in-depth, but just a little bit of info beyond development time, targeted port and release date would be welcome for a megawad :) Thanks. --Dynamo128 (talk) 04:34, 20 March 2023 (CDT)

Style; WAD update
After making edits/contributions, like to the Essentials sections for your WAD, please keep an eye on Recent Changes for reviews/corrections, in order to learn and apply these, and reduce the number of corrections in future edits. The style guidelines are also useful. Specifically, capitalization and linking can still be improved.

Also, the WAD update today came as a somewhat unpleasant surprise, in the sense that the BoxTD main article was created on March 19. But the update is so extensive that it seems likely it has been in the works for quite a while longer. Now the statistics of half the maps had to be updated, and those maps still have to be cropped again by Dynamo for re-rendering the map view images by myself (we team up on this for most WADs), resulting in double work for both of us. This could have been avoided if the main article had been created after today's update release.

This is not meant to sound harsh (and I apologize if I failed), but to point out that thinking about, planning, and improving one's actions on the wiki can help to reduce the workload for reviewers. Thank you for your understanding. --Xymph (talk) 14:45, 23 March 2023 (CDT)


 * My apologies, I was not aware that adding four lines for action 261 to less than half the maps entailed this sort of workload - I'll be more careful from now on. Thelokk (talk) 15:40, 23 March 2023 (CDT)
 * Please remember to indent replies for correct threading. Also, can you revisit MAP07 to apply further style fixes? Thanks. Are you saying you only added a control sector to 17 maps? That isn't immediately obvious when the original layouts differ, but then cropping and re-uploading images isn't needed after all. --Xymph (talk) 16:16, 23 March 2023 (CDT)


 * Demos and statbar aside, I literally just added a control sector for the 'transfer ceiling brightness' action to between five or six maps, and adjusted three or four texture misalignments. I literally didn't touch a single linedef of any maps' architecture. Thelokk (talk) 16:20, 23 March 2023 (CDT)
 * I see architecture changes in MAP07 and 13, the message update in MAP30, and the new control sector in the other 14 maps. And statistics changes in 21 maps altogether. So you'll understand why this looked extensive on the outside. But three re-crops/uploads is not so bad, this is done now.
 * Anyway, MAP07? ;-) --Xymph (talk) 17:09, 23 March 2023 (CDT)